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Revision as of 09:17, 19 October 2016

Everyone makes mistakes, especially when you start learning Chinese. Learn how to use the result complement 错 (cuò) to express making mistakes!

Structure

To express that an action resulted in an error, you can use a result complement with -错. This covers what is often expressed with the adverb "incorrectly" in English.

Obj. + Subj. + Verb + 错 + 了

Note that this sentence puts the object first as a topic.

Examples

  • 这 个 字 你 写 了。Zhè ge zì nǐ xiě cuò le.You wrote this character wrong.
  • 你 说 的 话 我 听 了。Nǐ shuō de huà wǒ tīng cuò le.I misheard what you said.
  • 我 记 了。Wǒ jì cuò le.I remembered wrongly.

As with all result complements, the -错 result complement works particularly well in a 把 sentence.

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

HSK4